du Beke
English dancer and TV presenter
I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
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A table that used to belong to David Bowie: it was £13,000.
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.
A holiday in New York for my son Arran’s 18th.
Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
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His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010
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A breakfast show that starts at noon.
When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.
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